The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1887-12-30
Tho Cilannloa con-.

neton Bnusn OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Contrary to the established usage 81 which
a public notice Of e0veraf days preceded tie
meeting Of The Democratic Pariah Executive
Committee, the present. body nat yesterday,
~ h99q 81 IN room en2ye ne aaoon q 4lg
ana Laurel htfeatas on the Aeeia ~ about Rn
hours intiwadon, ~ The secretary, 70 30 at,
iaQh9 81 she tapHQliaa-4 deeease. that the
| lonE deferred meeting of the eonIaitteQ
| Wguid iyalg9ig take place Al q O'Clock ID.
ApQAtthAt hour d reporter OF The Cttgt tt'l}ejss
z as9eile leet ne secretary and asked him
He NaA told Ia reply, that tho COMMITTEES
we're gong up over behiiingg saloon
q holq a secret eRNellal and that the
oSeg INV slo MS W y oes9 mset
would lab htln know whan the lntciing iyAs
about 70 take place At ahopt O'Clock ..
la iae p{ealdentof the committee came oJls
q We ealoon and told Qua reporter taat b.
gnHfa come up, as the meeting VIVA about ~
! No eRueu 70 urlpr. IhNreufidn onr rAparter
Me4t PIP into the room where the committee
Messrs. sam Landry, az TIE tarlth wafd.
and q, y. Benton, Of the fifth ward, tht
only MellneEyita On the committee, Whose
,l9t.iieA ION u9ubtlsss failed 90 reach hun in
Nme, pm ent0ring the room The president
stated that he wanted to geo aVerythipg done
larry and inhAmueh AZ AiF Benton was not
flI4esanh ha invited our reporter 81 sol ID Tho
alnea "a The ground that ~ mad 10 pra4y
ar authOfitY t0 aCt Tor Nit Banknn.
4AereupQn, che colnmittea proceeded Is
business and after the proceedings az tho
cnuela had been read theS We're. M niofion,
unanimously adopted without diseuaaian.
inc pf0eeeellRR5, which are annaSVd sueal
Het tliellaelyeH, 4heY arq simply gr0tesQue
~ pAAFaeleh and Yi0iatiye Of Democratic
ueaEeai RI Fhe rules laid down 81 we Demo
NtAN1 HiAte central committee aud of die
Plff 4 dictates M parliamentary law
II VIII "a seen thAt, aith0nah tho repreaop-
thtlan "a thia parrish Is hased UPON tlle gOAe
EAsb EqF Toy AlehMeTy In hh 4, the commit
iee tAke ~ tse basic Of ward Representation
!is wv gst " we laAl primary Ton the cleo
lleA el peipBltt9s ,to the congregational con,
eeHtlqn, Az Col llohertaoH had a Waik-aver
va Ile hgst ward the vote was com.
EaFatlfeiy small but 90 the fght Was
SAD Nqflh 3 pofrespondlnElY larRo vote
NRa east "a that WNrd. bar example. Cow
hlpI{nefy fee9iHea 4pR vatas in The tiTst ward
III lAeal eptltlinN that ward 70 q dalegatas
4ndef tha superintendent III tho Committee,
me arst ward, conceded MehnbtY ward, n
taANeea - iN votes, and BIZ that neana a.
seennd ward which gave Gov, MoEnery only
eBb votes, gets thp inll 3 votes it ID entitled
| tof lnpllr ne1g Issue we shall moro fuzzy do
| Fgfsip llif nlnslep ~ t4ls AppprtiDum0nk
,4Ae qtner Igles are 0f an equally startling
ehaEaetar 1ha commissioners IL thay sel.
| Nv may make h9llpt FAlueleea hY leaving
Xxi Nv ~ spGg wen ~ MheR uniting ipto ths
w yiolaHQn ~ tlA rislta If Tia voters,
9onfaata ere " haTeieeteI ertiharilY unle8s
thqg ata nleg twenty fnuf hours bal0re the
msshng 81 tho parish conventions
Ihe ehalrnnil OF the pAtlah committee II,
contrary 70 usaEet made the president of thh
| dent pro tom,
The committee also undertake 70 praloua
| ihelr existence bE prohibiting the parish
convention from trAuaRQting any other bust
| Ae8s Than tna election IL delegates 10 tha
| btala qqnYpntiaai this, TIA tha faoa az the
| 1858 thAt the nAfiHh conventions thrOuRh0llt
/ the State with ieW II any exqeptinnH, ave
elegtlnH new parrish cftInniitteea tn aGlnrd-
aioa with tile marty iiaages requiring TeoY-
| RanlSaiinn pi lhe party upon the asdBlnbiing
/ o. tte state Nominating Convention.
| 80 palnahlQ ID the attempt to override Che
| flHhlA 81 we voter under the plainest uahgNs
| or tie party, and 90 aet aEidg rao0Hnispd
! parllaHl4ntary law thai We do not doubt
| but tat tlN greqt mass az the nHlnQernuy
! Qf thta parrish Wlil regard IN as thelr duty,
| thtppgh the ballot 10 regain these rightj bF
| Voting down thg tlpkGt Ia whose iuterast
these unnrepadentad rulan have been framed.
| Itla ranefhapl0 primary 10 Whi0h the Az
| teHt1Qn or Tie enttre Alat0 Ia Callod will
| lake place On ffidaY ne2h Dee e3, 1857
/ between the hours Of 1 0 o'clock a "a. and 4
p %, N me country wards and between Jhl
/ h0nrA 81 2 o'clock a. m. and 3 p. N. in the
city o. baton Rouge.